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According to a source, Government Of India, would draught cryptocurrencies legislation after reaching worldwide agreement

02-Apr-2022 By: Somesh Gaur
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  • According to a statement, the Indian government is not going to pass laws to ensure or tighten regulations anytime soon.

According to Strategy analytics, India would draught cryptocurrency laws only once a worldwide agreement on controlling such commodities arises. An insider informed the media organization that the administration had no plans to pass regulations governing or strengthen rules anytime soon.

The Indian government expanded its reach to address doubts about the legality of cryptocurrency when it unveiled intentions to tax profits from the exchange of virtual assets at 30%, as declared by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2022 speech. It had previously intended to introduce regulations to clarify the administration's position on the issue.

On April 1, a fixed 30% taxation on the exchange of digital virtual currencies (VDAs) or cryptocurrency holdings will be imposed. In addition, a 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) will be levied on each transaction of such holdings. The TDS allocation, on the other hand, will go into effect on July 1.

In his visit to the World Economic Forum in January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that a globally consistent strategy to digital currencies is required and that efforts taken by a single country will not be enough.

Cryptocurrency expenditures have soared in India since the nation's highest court overturned Reserve Bank of India regulations in March 2020. a crypto-analysis firm, the Indian market surged 641 percent from July 2020 to july 2021.

Although during the budget session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that taxing virtual assets does not imply that the government is legislating them. "At this moment, we will not do anything to legitimize or prohibit it," Sitharaman said in response to a Rajya Sabha discussion on the proposal to collect a 30% tax on income from digital commodities.



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